A.G. BARR p.l.c. to Issue Dividend of GBX 3.10 (LON:BAG)

A.G. BARR p.l.c. (LON:BAG) declared a dividend on Tuesday, September 24th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Investors of record on Thursday, October 3rd will be given a dividend of GBX 3.10 ($0.04) per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 3rd. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

A.G. BARR Stock Up 0.3 %

LON BAG opened at GBX 626 ($8.37) on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 640.68 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 605.44. A.G. BARR has a one year low of GBX 472.50 ($6.32) and a one year high of GBX 686 ($9.18). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 1.99 and a current ratio of 2.09. The company has a market cap of £694.73 million, a P/E ratio of 1,835.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.36 and a beta of 0.38.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Julie A. Barr acquired 34 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 6th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 1,486 ($19.88) per share, for a total transaction of £505.24 ($675.82). In the last quarter, insiders purchased 83 shares of company stock worth $80,533. 32.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on BAG shares. Shore Capital reissued a “house stock” rating on shares of A.G. BARR in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 685 ($9.16) target price on shares of A.G. BARR in a report on Thursday, July 4th.

A.G. BARR Company Profile

A.G. BARR p.l.c., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three segments: Soft drinks, Cocktail solutions, and Other. The company provides carbonated and flavored soft drinks, brewed drinks, pre-mixed cocktails, mixers, syrups, various fruit purees, boost drinks, energy stimulation drinks, sport drinks, iced coffee, oat drinks, spring and sparkling water, fruit juices, and other non-alcoholic beverages.